naaapseattle Chapter 139 Refining Fake Treasure
Chapter 139 Refining Fake Treasure
At this moment, after learning of the Demonic Path's true conspiracy, Li Lan felt that this world had become even more dangerous.
After all, no one could say for sure when this hidden danger would completely erupt, plunging the entire Cultivation World into chaos and widespread suffering.
At present, exploring the specific truth seemed irrelevant.
The most urgent matter was to quickly raise his own Cultivation Realm and acquire enough self-preservation ability in a chaotic world.
This journey had been fruitful.
After Li Lan inventoried and put away his gains, he resorted to his old trick, leaving the Cultivation World once again.
He found a remote, uninhabited mountain in the Mortal World, where Spiritual Qi was sparse, to settle down.
With a large number of Spirit Stones and the aid of the purple sandalwood tree core, he didn't have to worry too much about his Cultivation speed.
Li Lan laid out Spirit Stones in his Immortal Cave for Cultivation, while simultaneously working on refining the Materials for casting the Fishing in a Plate Diagram, tempering his new Silver Light Needle Treasure, and Cultivating the Flowing Fire Flying Star Art. His days were exceptionally fulfilling.
A year passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Li Lan sat cross-legged, with the Silver Light Needle Treasure in his hand, shining with a rhythmic, flowing radiance as if breathing.
In his embrace, the black purple sandalwood tree core, like a river, channeled streams of pure Spiritual Qi into the lake of Li Lan's Dantian.
Suddenly, the silvery-white needle shot out with a whoosh, as if summoned.
Its surface ignited with high-temperature flames, transforming into a line of fire that danced and spiraled in mid-air.
Li Lan slowly exhaled a turbid breath and gradually opened his eyes, a hint of satisfaction flashing in them as he looked at the exceptionally agile Silver Light Needle Treasure.
Originally, with Li Lan's current strength, refining and repairing this Treasure would not be something that could be accomplished overnight; it would probably take at least several years.
However, fortunately, when he was in Xianzong Valley, he scraped off a lot of Spiritual Tree resin from the five-hundred-year-old Purple Sandalwood Old Tree.
This time, in the Hengshan Spiritual Vein, he also fortunately obtained some Spiritual Liquid.
Both of these Spiritual Materials have the effect of repairing and tempering damaged Treasures.
In just one or two months, Li Lan not only restored the Silver Light Needle Treasure to its original state, but with the help of the five-hundred-year-old Spiritual Tree resin, the Treasure's spirituality and power even improved to a higher level.
This was an unexpected pleasant surprise.
Over the year, he also successfully refined the Silver Light Needle Treasure to the point where he could wield it as an extension of his arm.
With this Treasure, which specializes in the Dao of killing, Li Lan finally gained a bit more confidence and assurance.
In addition to the gains from the Silver Light Needle Treasure, he also refined five finished Fishing in a Plate Diagrams.
In future battles, this would provide him with an additional means of subduing enemies.
Furthermore, Li Lan had also achieved Minor Achievement in learning the escape technique of the Flowing Fire Flying Star Art.
It's worth noting that the magical power consumed by this technique is significantly less than that of Earth Movement Escape.
If this technique is thoroughly mastered and Cultivated to the Mahayana Realm in the future, it might not be entirely unfeasible to use it to replace flying boats for travel.
The only slight drawback was Li Lan's Cultivation Realm.
Over this past year, with the help of the Spirit Stone Immortal Cave and the purple sandalwood tree core, he had once again filled the magical power in his Dantian, reaching the peak of the eighth layer of Qi Refining.
During this period, Li Lan had also taken the mid-grade Breakthrough Pill, attempting to break through to the ninth layer and enter the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage.
However, there was a reason why breaking through to the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage was called the second hurdle on the path of Cultivation.
Even with Medicinal Pills, Spiritual Qi, and the speed of converting magical power all in place, Li Lan still failed multiple times and was unable to break through.
Later, he carefully summarized his experience.
In addition to the influence of Spiritual Root Aptitude, the density of the surrounding Spiritual Qi also played a significant role.
The Spirit Stones in Li Lan's hand were, after all, only Low-Grade Spirit Stones mined from a Low-Grade Spiritual Vein.
While filling the Immortal Cave with them could indeed temporarily provide a Cultivation environment, when used for Breakthroughs, the Spiritual Qi contained within them was somewhat insufficient.
Li Lan observed carefully.
If he usually Cultivated alone, these Low-Grade Spirit Stones, once laid out in the Immortal Cave, could last for about a month.
If he used the purple sandalwood tree core as an aid, the Spiritual Qi in the Spirit Stone Immortal Cave could only sustain him for a little over ten days.
And for breaking through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, these Low-Grade Spirit Stones would be completely drained of Spiritual Qi even before he completed the entire Breakthrough process.
It was precisely because of this that he always failed to advance at the most critical point of each Breakthrough due to insufficient Spiritual Qi nearby.
Ultimately, Spirit Stones, as a Cultivation resource, are fine for temporarily restoring magical power consumption, but if used for Breakthroughs, they always feel lacking in sustained power.
Thus, it seemed that the best place to break through a Bottleneck had to be within a Spiritual Vein.
At the very least, within a Spiritual Vein, he wouldn't have to worry about whether the Spiritual Qi was sufficient.
As his Cultivation Realm improved, Li Lan also increasingly realized the importance of Spiritual Veins to Cultivators, especially high-level Cultivators.
No wonder the major Sects and Immortal Clan families all revolved around them, openly and secretly engaging in the fiercest struggles. This Spiritual Vein indeed deserved the title of the most important Cultivation resource in the entire Cultivation World.
With its help, even Cultivators with poorer Spiritual Root Aptitude would have the opportunity to break through to higher levels.
If one did not rely on a Spiritual Vein, even those with the highest talent would eventually be stuck when encountering a Cultivation Bottleneck.
After realizing this, Li Lan packed up and returned to the Cultivation World.
Although he knew that the Cultivation World was currently extremely dangerous, on the verge of being plunged into chaos by Demonic Cultivators with the help of the 《Rebirth Technique》, he had a reason to return.
While hiding in the Mortal World could ensure his safety, the price would be that his Cultivation Realm would be permanently stagnant.
And while going to the Cultivation World, where the strong prey on the weak, was dangerous, with caution, there might still be a glimmer of hope for achieving longevity.
Tianshu Peak, Chongshan Region.
This was the place where the Guangji Sect issued Sect missions.
As long as the Sect was not annihilated, even at midnight, it would still be bustling with people.
Qian Zibin did not put on airs or act arrogantly just because he came from the Qian Immortal Clan.
Instead, he humbly tried to converse with everyone who passed by.
He knew very well in his heart that nothing was constant in the Cultivation World.
Today's Low-Grade Loose Cultivator, if he fortunately obtained an Opportunity, might become a distant, unreachable Senior in the future.
As a qualified merchant, it was essential to befriend every potential Cultivator.
"Junior Brother Zhang, are you back from gathering herbs? Have you completed this year's Sect mission?
Senior Brother, I still have some Spiritual Plants left here. Do you want to buy some to get through this Sect mission first?"
"Senior Brother Huang, did you go with Junior Martial Uncle Liu again to eradicate the Demonic Path? How was the income this time?"
Qian Zibin smiled broadly, enthusiastically greeting every passing Guangji Sect Disciple.
When he saw a figure in the crowd, his eyes suddenly widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.
"Senior Brother Li—Li? You're still alive?"